Congratulations to CMEG's first PhD

Posted on January 25, 2016

Olivier Zablocki started his PhD with CMEG during 2013.

University of Pretoria Spring Day 2015

Posted on October 09, 2015

The CMEG team participated in Spring Day 2015 as part of our team building activities. The group competed in both the volleyball and soccer teams.

Women in Science Awards 2015

Posted on August 18, 2015

Miss Ntsoaki Leticia Mosina recently won one of five TATA African Scholarships for Women in Science Engineering and Technology hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, approved all the finalists and announced the winners on...

Dr Thulani Makhalanyane received the NSTF 2015 award

Posted on July 16, 2015

Dr Thulani Makhalanyane recently won one of two TW Kambule-NSTF awards as an emerging researcher (post-doctoral in a period of up to six years after the award of a PhD or equivalent in research).

Looking at life in seemingly lifeless habitats

Posted on July 08, 2015

They are called extremophiles - microorganisms that can survive under extreme conditions such as in the Namib Desert or the Antarctic Dry Valleys.